Tag: Exoplanet

In the vicinity of our Solar System, about 53 light years away from us, NASA’s TESS, the famous exoplanets hunter launched about three months ago, spotted a new, exciting planet. The distant world that TESS identified is a sub-Neptune exoplanet by…

Spanish scientists discovered an exoplanet of the so-called super-Earth type. It is by 2.1 times larger than the Earth and orbits its host star, a red dwarf, within the habitability zone, also known as the Goldilocks zone. According to the researchers, this…

W have telescopes watching the skies, machines computing very complicated measurements, and hundreds of antennas listening to the whispers coming from space, but, above all, astronomy is a fascinating science, and a recent discovery proves that, once again. Researchers found a…

Observing distant problems is a problematic activity for many astronomers. While a planet may look habitable from a far-away distance, the conditions on its surface may be radically different. Even if it is placed at the proper distance from its…

Until recently, Mercury was considered the hottest planet in our Solar System. The temperatures on Mercury are over 800 degrees Fahrenheit on its Sun-facing side. If you thought those are high temperatures, take a look at what we know about…

Since its discovery in February 2017, the TRAPPIST-1 solar system has frequently been under focus. At first, it seemed that this 39 light-years-far system could house extraterrestrial life. Then came the bad news that there might be too much water…

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, revealed on Monday the discovery of an exoplanet resembling Mercury. The new finding made by the NASA Kepler Space Telescope will help to investigate the origin and evolution of Mercury, specialists say, since…